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A bipartisan, two-year budget deal was made public yesterday from our hard working bozos in Congress. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) have been leading the negotiations and have come up with a compromise bill to fund the federal government. The bill does sidetrack some of the sequestration cuts, especially for the military, but still manages to reduce spending by some $85 Billion dollars over the two years. Should the legislation pass both wings of Congress, it will mean that we will be spared some of the politics until well after the 2014 mid-term elections. Some in the Tea Party caucus are already denouncing the bill, but the real question will be if Harry Reid and Barack Obama will support it? If the bill passes and becomes law, then Reid and Obama will have little to trash Republicans about for the next year while the GOP beats them over the head with the Obamacare failures.

So on the one hand, the compromise budget bill will take off the table a good deal of political taboo. This will make moderates happy. On the other hand, the deal does really nothing at all about long-term debt issues. It kicks the can down the road for two years, though it is a slightly smoother road. Purists will argue that no deal is better than a bad one.

Honestly, I have not made up my mind yet on this new two-year budget deal. While I trust Paul Ryan to an extent, I do not trust Patty Murray. Nor do I believe that Harry Reid and Barack Obama will roll over and play nice. They are a true obstructionists in our government, not the Tea Party caucus. The only truly good news is that if the bill does pass we just might have a quiet, holiday season. Plus the bonus that the nation′s attention will remained focused on the Obamacare disaster, which will hurt Democrats in the 2014 mid-term elections.

Reduce our healthcare expenditures and defense spending and our economy would be healthy for the next 40 years.

We could then invest that money in an infrastructure that is crumbling due to the fact it was built in the middle of the last century (Detroit still has main water lines that are made out of wood).

Travel to many of the industrialized nations we are in competition with and you will see massive infrastructure development, especially in mass transit.

We currently spend more than the next 12 countries combined. 39% of the entire defense spending in the world and just under 5% of our GDP. What is worse is that much of it is simply pork, tanks the army doesn’t want, transport planes that aren’t needed, etc. We continually prepare to fight WWII again and a again, while China has an entire facility that does nothing but fight a cyber war against us each and every day.

We have brand new tanks parked in the desert, while they spend money efficiently on the methodology of a modern war.

Change our healthcare systems so that it only consumes what the next closest country spends. We are over 17% of GDP, while the closest to us is Switzerland and France that are both at less than 12% (and their level of care is much, much, higher), while Japan is at 9% and has only increased 2% over the last two decades even though their population is much older (their demographics are a look into our future as they are about 10 to 15 years ahead of us on an aging curve) and everyone smokes.

I like to watch old movies on TCM to view an America that was the best at everything. Not because I want to do what the right often attempts, which is to roll back the clock, but to return to a time when the government wasn’t for sale and an attitude of using innovation to solve problems was prevalent.

I will credit Rand Paul for proposing an audit of the defense department as they pay more for everything and no one cares.

Reduce defense spending and apply it to modern warfare (yeah, I’m sorry the tank building in Ohio, which is simply pork, may have to cease) and audit the contractors.

Secondly, install a modern healthcare system. We don’t have to invent one, but merely copy any of the 20 industrialized countries that simply do it more efficiently.

The right always claims to be the more astute business party; would anyone run a business where there are no audits, minimal return on investment and wasteful spending? They wouldn’t run their own businesses in this fashion.

I only hear about the “takers” and how the poor are ruining the country, but the main drivers of current and future debt can be easily solved.

If we limited our healthcare costs to the same as the next highest country and reduced defense spending (cyber war/defense is inexpensive and necessary) so that we only outspend the country in second by, oh let’s say four times as much, our economic problems are solved and people are back working on infrastructure. The only people that lose are lobbyists.

Here, let me save you some time:

“Buzz, stop beating the same dead horse and citing liberal memes”.

Even if they make sense?

Irrelevant.

You don’t trust Murray? Wasn’t it Paul Ryan that proposed a budget that cut everything, while at the same time massively increased defense spending? Oh well, we are well prepared for the next European land war.

Two sectors that account for more than 1/5th of all American expenditures and no dramatic changes are in order? What kind of business operates in such a way?

The left is vulnerable and could be easily taken, but it would require a departure from the constant attempts to make time stand still (despite attempts, no one has been able to make that happen).

I will simply pretend I am one of those callers to talk radio and say, “I will hang up and listen now”.

Let the barbeque begin…..

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Micky Says:
December 11th, 2013 at 12:09 pm

“Reduce our healthcare expenditures and defense spending and our economy would be healthy for the next 40 years.”

Okay, sounds good

;-(

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Patrick McCain Says:
December 11th, 2013 at 1:40 pm

The sequestration cuts are better for conservatives. We should just stick with the status quo and scrap this plan.

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Micky Says:
December 11th, 2013 at 1:56 pm

““Buzz, stop beating the same dead horse and citing liberal memes”.

Even if they make sense?”

They dont.
And we’ve cited the many reasons why.
The last 5 years of these brilliant ideas has made things worse

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Michael Pflum Says:
December 11th, 2013 at 2:00 pm

We are all sitting here waiting for the cavalry to ride up over the hill and save us.

I got news. They ain’t comin’.

There is no courage in Washington. There is no patriotism in Washington. Only party loyalty.

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Patrick McCain Says:
December 11th, 2013 at 2:05 pm

Hey man, I’ve been waiting for Meaghan Rath to ride over that hill to my house. She’s coming.

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Ronald J. Ward Says:
December 11th, 2013 at 3:19 pm

Let’s see, the Heritage Action, FreedomWorks, and the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity all condemned it, it doesn’t extend unemployment benefits so that’s going to be an issue, and Dems are less than impressed while whatever their opposition is called these days seem rather outraged. It cherry picks the sequester in a way that seems to piss everyone off.

And of course, clowns on this site will join the Dem opposition in blaming Obama for his inability to pass a budget.

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L Rivera Says:
December 11th, 2013 at 6:03 pm

It’s not easy when the right thing to do and the popular thing to do are so absolutely contrary to each other. As long as the prevalent worldview is to “spend what we don’t have as long as I don’t feel it’s coming from my pocket, to heck with my neighbor’s pocket” then the political headwinds will be in favor of budget shams like this one.

We need to find a way (hint: there’s One) to put new hearts and new minds in the people of this nation, or we will learn the hard, hard, hard way what the founders learned long ago and we have forgotten in our hedonistic stupor.

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Patrick McCain Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 12:03 am

So Ronald, am I correct in discerning from your comment that you are opposed to this budget deal?

Does anyone really get Ronald? I mean, deep down.

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Andy Z Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 6:46 am

Last night, during the first commercial break for Restaurant Stakeout, I turned on my radio to hear what ‘The Great One’, Mark Levin, had to say. In under 2 minutes it was clear that he would gladly exchange control of the House and Senate to the Democrats for purity within the GOP.

I look at it this way, the US economy is already trashed and the National Debt will eventually cause a political crisis, followed by civil unrest. So why bother sweating about meaningless numbers?

The main objective here should be to stifle Barack Obama for the remainder of his term. I’ll settle for a punt on 4th down, even on the 3rd down, if it means making this screwball irrelevant and a lame duck.

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Andy Z Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 6:52 am

Buzz,

You neglect to mention that entitlements make up about 48% of all federal spending. That does not include half of the DoD budget, which mainly goes for salaries and non-combat services to our troops and their families.

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Ronald J. Ward Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 10:07 am

You have a gift of reading between the lines Patrick as you picked up quickly I’m somewhat underwhelmed with this budget. It still reeks with social Darwinism, promotes austerity, and forces lower wage workers to pick up the tab while refusing to generate revenue from the most wealthy- which I’ve argued extensively here to be the culprit of our economic problems, which of course has been consistently ignored.

It could have at lest closed several loopholes which if you recall, was one of those solutions being pushed by the right during the Romney campaign. Were they lying then?

Andy @ #10, “The main objective here should be to stifle Barack Obama for the remainder of his term”. Stay the course? And of course you mean exactly that, “stifle Barack Obama” regardless of the policy or agenda, right?

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buzzbee Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 10:29 am

“You neglect to mention that entitlements make up about 48% of all federal spending. That does not include half of the DoD budget, which mainly goes for salaries and non-combat services to our troops and their families.”

Yes, but the word “entitlement” has now been rebranded to now mean “handouts” to freeloaders, instead of Medicare, social security, etc.

I propose we audit Medicare/Workers’ Comp and the DOD. The Defense Department would often times be better off ordering from Home Depot (like paying three times retail for nuts and bolts) and someone needs to change the fee schedule for Medicare and Workers’ Comp.

If you look at any 10 tests and/or procedures there is always one that pays ten to forty times what it should be and people in my business spend all day looking for those anomalies. That is why a genetic test costs over a $1000 and all of the sudden ten new companies spring up to do genetic testing. Same thing with medication under Workers’ Comp. Oh heck, everything under Workers’ Comp.; equipment, drugs and tests are all marked up by 40 and 50 times what they should be. As I have stated, Mobic is a $4 drug (if you pay cash or what insurance companies pay, but Workers’ Comp pays $130 and in Workers’ Comp that is not an aberration, but the norm.

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Micky Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 11:22 am

” “stifle Barack Obama” regardless of the policy or agenda, right?”

You’re beginning to get it.
But, I’ll digress, you’ve been known to plagiarize comments just as intelligent.

“It could have at lest closed several loopholes which if you recall, was one of those solutions being pushed by the right during the Romney campaign. Were they lying then?”

Quitcher bitching.

The lack luster deal for both sides was only intended to prevent another shutdown

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buzzbee Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 11:52 am

“Stifle Obama?”

Oh, something new.

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Ronald J. Ward Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 11:59 am

While I really should know better,

“stifle Barack Obama” regardless of the policy or agenda, right?”

You’re beginning to get it.

No, I’ve gotten it for quite awhile but thanks for validating it.

What’s all this gibber jabber about plagiarism? Did I forget to acknowledge something I copied and pasted? This is RightPundits.com so there’s 2 very important factors to consider. 1) I generally hyperlink things I quote but links aren’t welcomed here (for obvious reasons) and 2) again, this is rightpundits and with that said, who really gives a flying shit? The 7 to 9 people that post here that if could be proven, could possibly only total maybe 4? If that! I mean, it’s not like I’m Rand Paul and this is PJMedia.

And if that doesn’t satisfy you, once again, who really honestly gives a flying shit?

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Micky Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 12:16 pm

“No, I’ve gotten it for quite awhile but thanks for validating it.”

Any idiot can validate it.
Your problem is that you fail to understand just how important the technique is.
The man has proven to be nothing but incompetent to the point of danger.

“what’s all this gibber jabber about plagiarism? Did I forget to acknowledge something I copied and pasted? ”

This is a lie because you’ve been informed numerous times by the RP staff and myself that posts only accept one link per post as seen in many posts from Liberals and Conservatives at this very time that have one link in them.
Buzz links constantly and has no problem ever submitting a link if its limited to one per post.
Yet you still keep repeating what is flat out bullshit.

“again, this is rightpundits and with that said, who really gives a flying shit? ”

Yet here you are.

“And if that doesn’t satisfy you, once again, who really honestly gives a flying shit?”

Yeah, you assume I look for satisfaction from you ?
You’re an ideological psychopath with no understanding of anything but your own hatred.

“If that! I mean, it’s not like I’m Rand Paul and this is PJMedia.”

Dont flatter yourself Ron.

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buzzbee Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 4:33 pm

“You’re an ideological psychopath with no understanding of anything but your own hatred.”

I think you mean sociopath.

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Micky Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 7:15 pm

no, he is an ideological psychopath.

Psychopath;
“The essential feature of antisocial personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. This pattern has also been referred to as psychopathy, sociopathy, or dyssocial personality disorder.”

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buzzbee Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 8:03 pm

Of course we both know he is neither.

His crime appears to be embracing a different opinion. None of us know him beyond a occasional comments.

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Micky Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 9:03 pm

“His crime appears to be embracing a different opinion. None of us know him beyond a occasional comments.”

no, hes a liar.
I proved it.
He states his opinions as fact

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Patrick McCain Says:
December 12th, 2013 at 10:00 pm

Ronald, the first time I was linked by a major MSN (it was Joe Klein then at Time 8 years ago) I realized how powerful the internet medium is and how misunderstood it is even for frequent commenters. The reality is almost zero readers ever bother commenting. They read the articles, or the first paragraph or two, and move on just like everyone else. The comment section is for those truly obsessed with rightpundits.com (like yourself). Commenters have no influence on the world. Article authors do. And of all my sites, this site happens to still generate the highers cpm advertising rates.

So to answer your questions..

1. you give a flying whatever, for some reason that only you know draws you back here like a magnet.
2. you can post one link, but two in a comment requires approval which is for the obvious reason you cleverly figured out: it’s an anti-spam feature.

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buzzbee Says:
December 13th, 2013 at 12:54 am

“no, hes a liar.
I proved it.
He states his opinions as fact”

He stated opinions as facts? Wow, is that a rare occurrence on this site?

Oh well, off with his head.

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Andy Z Says:
December 13th, 2013 at 6:37 am

” And of all my sites, this site happens to still generate the highers cpm advertising rates.”

I keep telling people that if you want to make money on the Internet, write content about bedbugs!

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Ronald J. Ward Says:
December 13th, 2013 at 7:01 am

Patrick, you and your writers all seem to share an identical characteristic (imagine that) of making stuff up, saying things that aren’t statistically sound, and regurgitating right wing memes that have been debunked over and over again. Quite often, you and your writers contradict yourself from article to article.

Much of the arguments presented here have little to no legs to stand on and my guess is that links would only embarrass and destroy those arguments more.

Even your very anti-spam argument makes very little to no sense. Online solicitors these days seldom put an actual link in their ads at all (check it out at earnmoneyathome dot com) and for those that still do, how many put multiple ads in their comments and what logic is there in that? Assuming they use multiple links, by what ratio does your anti-spam filter protect you from single link spammers? And why do we never see links in the actual articles?

It’s probably the ease of shooting fish in a barrel that draws me back. I can pretty much predict responses and rodeo clown or trolling maneuvers before I even publish my comment. I don’t even read articles here that I’m not inclined to comment on (you never see my comments on Andy’s dooomsday paranoia or your photo captions).

I didn’t mean to put you on defense on your blog’s success, or lack of(information only you would know so we can only go by what you tell us which is, well,,). My point to Micky who’s still howling at the moon over some plagiarism silliness is that while I don’t intentionally plagiarize, linking would make it easier to avoid. And aside from that, who really cares with such a small audience and it isn’t like Ronald J. Ward is considering a 2016 presidential run and plagiarizing on a prominent right wing news outlet.

But then, reasoning with Micky is like discussing the laws of thermodynamics and Bolye’s theorem on Absolute Zero with a tree frog. Of course, the frog isn’t quite as stubborn and contrary.